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This 4-session recorded webinar series includes handouts and resources on educator well-being and to support educators tap into their resiliency skills, increase self-compassion, create self-care routines, build a practice of gratitude and appreciation and celebrate – even those small successes – to support wellbeing.
This article from Equality Florida emphasize the need for each of us to advocate for safer schools where all young people are valued.
This toolkit helps schools be affirming places where all students are protected and empowered, and where they can learn, grow, and thrive. It includes guidance on articulating a shared vision of a LGBTQ+-inclusive future, navigating pushback during Pride month, and harnessing the power of youth voice.
Defending the Freedom of our LGBTQ+ Students to be Themselves Read More »
To develop your self-care plan, you will identify what you value and need as part of your day-to-day life (maintenance self-care) and the strategies you can employ when or if you face a crisis along the way (emergency self-care). This website has lots of information on caring for ourselves in high-stress jobs, including a self-care plan template you can download.
This blog explores the importance of developing culturally responsive relationships with students. Culturally responsive teaching focuses on practitioners being culturally competent in order to authentically instruct students. It is important to build relationships through understanding. misunderstood
Developing Culturally Responsive Relationships with Your Students Read More »
“Cultivating Resilience” is a podcast series that showcases thought leaders, mental health practitioners, and school leaders at all levels who are working to lessen the impact of trauma that students bring with them to school.
This brief article outlines seven concrete ways to create a school environment in which youth of color know they belong.
This framework presents a tiered approach to creating a trauma-informed school environment that addresses the needs of all students, staff, administrators, and families who might be at risk for experiencing the symptoms of traumatic stress. This framework offers a vision of a trauma-informed school, adhering to the “4 Rs”.
Creating, Supporting, and Sustaining Trauma-Informed Schools System Framework Read More »
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